CVE-2026-87908 PUBLISHED

multiparty vulnerable to Denial of Service via unbounded part-header accumulation

Assigner: openjs
Reserved: 09.09.2026 Published: 11.09.2026 Updated: 11.09.2026

multiparty is a Node.js library for parsing multipart/form-data request bodies. In versions from 2.1.0 up to but not including 4.3.1, the parser does not bound the amount of memory used while accumulating the headers of a single multipart part. An unauthenticated attacker can send a single request whose part carries a very large volume of header bytes, forcing the parser to buffer all of them and exhausting the process memory, which crashes the server. This is a denial of service with no confidentiality or integrity impact. The issue is fixed in multiparty 4.3.1, which caps the size of the accumulated part headers. Users should upgrade to multiparty 4.3.1 or later.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor multiparty
Product multiparty
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2.1.0 to 4.3.1 (excl.)
  • Version 4.3.1 is unaffected

Credits

  • Alfie Goh Li Heng finder
  • UlisesGascon remediation developer
  • blakeembrey remediation reviewer

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE
  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling CWE